E: clayton@theovalpartnership.co.uk
T: 07393 766220
Our Client, a large fresh produce provider, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join their central marketing and insights team to support the business in the development of understanding market landscape, drivers, trends, competition, and shopper behaviour to enable the business to provide recommendations to key customers, alongside strengthening customer relationships and continuing to be a Category partner of choice to the retailers.
Key Responsibilities
* Be the category lead for several categories and with customers.
* Lead category U&A research projects and use resulting insight to generate growth-focused plans.
* Support Joint Business Planning with commercial and product management teams with a particular emphasis on range reviews, EPD and NPD, and broader category projects.
* Ensure that the correct product matrix, marketing, and promotional activities are in place across all channels (In Store, Online, Convenience, etc.).
* Contribute to the annual planning cycle and longer-term commercial strategy.
* Build a strong relationship with the trade planning and merchandising teams across all key customers.
* Represent the business with authenticity, gravitas, and pride.
* Aid management of the relationships with data suppliers and the company’s insight budget.
* Support the wider commercial team with objective category-specific requests.
Candidate Requirements
* FMCG experience in category management in a blue-chip or large SME environment with a good knowledge of the UK FMCG market.
* Highly analytical, comfortable working with a wide range of data to make fact-based decisions, translating insight into concrete customer marketing actions, and having the ability to 'see beyond the data' to make good commercial decisions.
* Results-oriented and entrepreneurial, able to develop strategies based on real-world insight.
* An ambitious, driven individual with an entrepreneurial nature looking to take their category management career to the next level.
* A solid foundation in marketing, ideally with a recognised qualification.
* Ability to work with continuous (e.g., Kantar, Nielsen, IRI, Dunnhumby Nectar loyalty) or ad hoc market and consumer data, putting the "Customer First" to identify opportunities for the business and retailers.
* Demonstrates an ability to convince others of one's point of view and ideas to take action that will advance shared interests and business goals, able to challenge thinking and decision-making internally & externally.
* Strong relationship builder, able to drive cross-functional collaboration across internal and external teams.
* Strong presenting and communication skills teamed with outstanding collaboration and people skills.
* Ability to prioritise a complex customer agenda with multiple touchpoints.
Benefits:
* 31 Days holiday per year including bank holidays.
* Competitive base salary, car allowance, and bonus.
* 40 hours per week Monday to Friday.
* Great Place to Work accredited.
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme available.
* Cinema and Sky Store discounts.
* Supermarket & other retailer discounts.
* Health Cash Plan.
* Holiday discounts.
* Life assurance & income protection.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Cycle to Work.
* Eyecare contributions.
* Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
* Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring.
* Regular social and charity events.
* Engagement in local community & early careers events.
* Onsite health checks & annual flu jabs.
If you would like to find out more about this exciting role, please get in touch for more information or apply today with your CV.
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